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We have a yellow chicken with feathers to her feet (Sue) and a black astrolope named (Betty) who are about 8 months old. The girls usually lay an egg apiece every day! They are pretty spoiled, their favorite treat is lemon cookies!
We also have 4 R.I. reds...
Yesterday a hawk attacked one of our RIRs....she had lost blood in the snow and lots of feathers, friend didn't know for sure where she was injured, but brought her inside to the "hospital" to keep her from the other girls.
She survived the night and today he tells me she has a broken wing...
We have had 8 hens for over 2 years, never had a rooster. Someone in our community recenlty got 2 roosters, and you could hear them frequently, leading to complaints to the association, who in turn, fired out letters to us and the roo owners, telling us they had to go!!!! The president of the...
I don't know, but think the RIR's lay brown, mine do. I have a yellow girl with "pantaloons" down to her feet, she's yellow, and she lays brown eggs. Her eggs feel like they have sand on them and little specks.....does anyone know what that is???? She just started laying about 2 weeks ago.